Apna Adda

Apna Adda brings together diverse relevant stakeholders—community members, partners, and experts—to explore real issues affecting urban informal settlements. Through curated discussions, it drives awareness, alignment, and collaborative action.

The Apna Adda will serve as a platform to:

·      Present findings from the SROI Study on the effectiveness of community collectives.

·      Amplify community voices through firsthand accounts by members of Civic Action Groups, Mother Support Groups, Youth Groups, and others.

·  Facilitate dialogue between corporate and nonprofit leaders to identify pathways for co-investing in sustainable community empowerment models.

·      Launch the Community Collectives Toolkit — a ready reckoner for organisations and funders seeking to build or support similar models.

·      Establish long-term collaborations between stakeholders to invest in locally rooted, citizen-led change in urban slums.

The event will place special focus on Health and Wellbeing, highlighting how community collectives bring change in everyday life:

Why It Matters:

• Engages changemakers from multiple sectors
• Fosters solutions through shared dialogue
• Deepens understanding of the urban poor’s lived reality